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Tiih 1,01,0,0 M UR ,N ALS. ••0411101 0, — DAMN* Elrraatirein Popers,illarch 27,1 SSG. • [VIM , TIMES. We have hektofore' spoken 'generally of the valuable' Report made by the Chancery Commis sion i and we shalt from time to time advert, as ecctilon offers, to some of the Wore prominent points ieparatelp. Perhaps there is no one point, on which so many prejudices interfere with the formation of a sound opinion, as the manner of taking the evidence .of.:witnesses in Chaucery.--- We are accustomed, in the civil and criminal ju risdiction of the common law, to see witnesses produced in the face of the Court, and examined and cross-examined in the presence of the Judge and Jury, who are to determine the cause ; and, undoubtedly, this mode of extracting the truth. has many advantages; but it has, as alt human imititUtions have, some .disadvantages also ; and mankind are apt to forget that they, cannot enjoy the benefits of any • Institution with out its disadvantitgta. If' the'' witnesses are to be examined in the presence of the Judge, they, must: either come to him, or he must go to them. ,fence the necessity of our Corn. mon Law •Circuits, with the various 'neon .veniences attached to them as modes of adminis. tering i both civil and criminal justice. It would be obviously iMpOssible for the Lord Chancellor, the Master of the Rolls, nod the 'ViceXhancel lor, to goon Circuits ; and if they (lid, it would be:equally impossible to model the proceedings of a court of Equity, so as to get it determined with safety anti expedition in a CirCuit Court. — The other alternative, that of bringing all the witnesses in a Chancery suit to Loudon, would, be attended with a ruinous expellee. It strikes use Indeed that the very nature of a suit in lAttity points to a different mode of takimt, d advisable from that w m hich ay be lott a criminal proseitition, or an Hellen at.law. :rite two latter gelierally lie in a narrower cortipass, and are more strictly bound down to facts of a precise legal description. I n these, therefore, the Matter's may be first brought to issue upon the adverse pleas, and then ti n t whole evidence ap plied at once to the cause ; whereas many tines ti'cis in equity (such as thosemf fraud, trust, ac count, Atc.) being of a less definitive nature, seem to require a more circuitous ' mode • of . pro. ceeding. nere it may be advisable ' that the 'party should set forth his case article by or. tiCle, calling upon Isis adversary for answers to each point, acid resorting to the edvidetice of witnesses only, where the answers do not, or can. not, supply 'all . the information required. The whole case, 'therefore, being redifeed to writing in all its details, there is ground for a very full illpd deliberate examination Of witnesses, when their evidence is required : and again, us the points, which they are produced to speak to,'are fully known, means are afforded for a strict cross.examination by the interrogatories of the adverse party. W hether, after till, this mode of getting at the truth be very ineffectual, is a question of expelience, and the,Cononissionera give it as the reholt both of their own personal observation in Courts Of Equity, and of tin state ments made by the professional - men examined op that head, is that the instances are ver y rare in which there is even any suspic ion of 11 Itimate in Consequence of the- existing oracle of evidence." 4 [MOMtn NU II[;ICALD.] teturn of Easter INlonda y, which has Agyfoys been u perind of amuseMent anti tetrea 'Oen' to all ranks cif people, leads us to .hunent ',SOW mttehthe nwans of so enjoying it have he. come circumscribed to the hliddling and rower ranks of people in the metropolis, who no longer ettjoY the green fields and other places of eSer , tilte which they used to take so much delight in, 'tut are driven to seek their amusement in public- Ifousea, or in paved court-yards, misnamed tea-gardens. 'Though this may be considered to b'e in a gretit measure, the natural result of the overgrown state of the metropolis, yet we cannot hefp'thiniving that a little previous attention and tpsesight might luive averted 0 good deal of what we cannot but, leek upon as it national calamity ; for as few things tend more to produce - a hardy ltd,ts virtuous rate of men than eiercise and out-door amusement, so, on the other hand, no. khipg itr more surely Calculated to enervate the 406 , rind iitiete the mind, (loin that people should he cooped up turd confined within the unhealthy bounds ~vitich now fall to the lot of the is - bowing pait of our town population. When we hear that a large area is to be left • Clurrin bird g.cross, i that at a great expettee, for no earthly Purpose but mere Show and °run- Inent we cannot help nishing that one-half the Cost had beefs bestowed in rescuing some of the fields in the, neighbourhood of London from the iiAroittis of • the lorickmakere ; and whets we hear qt late vast improvements which have been Made in he Regent's Valli, we cannot help rt fit t tint; that, to•day It will not afford this Same source of healtlcand amusoment to the generality Of people that itiarylehooe.fieids uscti to plesent on limner Wiwis sadi twitters art , left . f t , a 'committee of l'aste•—suclt, at. least, as this conttiry has the miSfortune to possess, We can rea dily imagine (hitt they think if they; can gia. , 11 4 the ,Patupereti appetite of the few , they ate ,411 that isrenuired of theM. No dOuht, ,tattte.is, with them ) ne a great measure, the va kocy, , of,dattery thwy Orilla front tOtes us taste- Irby as tlocir own, Fortunately, hogs vim there are utnong the Present tAovettinient thane tit ho, lu t r t°tt„ a mp cif lwiter tiring , :, and who, if they ive tit it Will OS to the siihject, way stilt da 1 great de,i I ton securing to the mass of the o f t he IIII:•Ropplis tt tn n iitinunce of oni e, its leost, of those open spares which, while they effiltrilinte t 0 g eneral health end r ecreation, ~ • Ce,talculated lint it ,little to I+ l ,.° llol t . that right t' IttlEf, ~,11101 pro( loces honest men mid good Atsblects. t` A.reArtliflg tit the NV 111411 iile lii was then in a fair way of recovery. The metal liqucs had risen to ;,nearly their former value ; and the gloom, with which that capital was over spread a few days before, had 'almost 'entirely iiubsitled; Of the grief exhibited by the lulu'. l!titunts when it was known that the illness of their Sovereign had assumed an alarming charac , ter, there is given a most animated description, which will only surprise such persons 43 are • norant of the extreme affection they feel for his person. In this feeling, too, they reflect the sen timents of the whole Austrian nation ; and ano malous us this many appear, considering the cha racter of that Government, which is any thing but liberal, it is not the less true. To his private virtues alone the Emperor can scarcely owe this flattering distinction ; and there must be some. thing in his rule, in which practice is at variance with theory, to render it intelligible. We under stand too that, in the Hereditary States, the Ad ministration is very mild. The taxes are also said to ,be light ; and great care, we believe, is taken to protect the labouring dallies generally against any vexatious interference either in their useful occupations or simple recreations. This is, no doubt, one of the chief causes of the popu larity which the Emperor Francis enjoys ; but it is a popularity that'll() truly enlightened Monarch will aspire to, for, to supply the physical wants of a people is only one of the duties of a Sow.- reign ; and we fear that his Imperial Majesty has ,been woefully lax in the other, which enjoins him to provide for their necessities as intellectual beings, evidently destined for much higher ends than are conveyed by the words—natos consumers fruges. were effected at the Bank, Saturday being a holiday. [TILL BEPICESENTATIVE.] An official report. in the Paris Papers an nounces, that the Emperor of Austria is out of all danger, and the Bulletins will be disconti 'nued 'in consequence. Without setting so high a value on his life as some of our:contemporaries seem inclined to do, we should be sorry that any untoward event should happen to so re spectable a Sovereign: He has been cast upon times, unhappy forthe upholding of the ances tral dignity of the Austrian family ; but it never ought to be forgotten, that be fought for the independence of his country as long as he was able ; and that, upon the first op portunity of breaking the detestable yoke to which be was compelled to submit, in a great measure, by treachery, and other baseness, he displayed a determination and energy, worthy of the great nation of which he was the nominal head. His death at present would not in all probability make any great alteration in Euro pean affairs ; although the late discussions in Hungary prove that a change is likely to take place in that portion of the Austrian dominions, and it will probably be accelerated by such an event as the death of the present Sovereign. [BRITISH PR ESSd Saturday was, nearly a Dies non on tl►e Stock Exchanges ) and the. attention of speculators was drawn almost , entirely to the election of the new Committee for the ensuing year. Consols for Account opened at 771 buyers, advanced to 78, when a slight attempt was made, but without success, to produce a further'elevation, and tfp to tour o'clock the Market underwent no further variation. In the Money Stock there was even much' less doing, and the. only quotation of Con sols for the first transfer day in this week was 78. The New 4 per Cents. were at from 95i. to 96.1, and Exchequer Bill from 3s. to ss. premium.— The smaller descriptions did not, as formerly, fetch a higher price, the supply being quite equal to the demand. The report, both in and out of the Stock Exchanges, on Saturday, was, that there will be no funding of Exchequer Bills until June, at which time the Chancellor of the 'Exchequer appears, by his own declaration, to be pledged to submit the whole of the financial ar rangements, and the liquidation of the claims of the Bank of England. Although the transactions were us limited in the Foreign Market as in our own, still the fluctuation was more extensive. — Some realising took place among the holders of Greek Bonds, but the sales not having been to any large amount, the reduction did not exceed 4 per cent. The quotation of Greek Bonds on Thursday afternoon (the last market day) was 18,1 ; Saturday they opened at 18,and in the course of the afternoon they dc;'clined to 174. The business transacted in this Stock being confined to a very small circle of dealers, the disposition of the public cannot be so correctly ascertained. Let .the Greeks be recognized by the Turks, and, however limited their means, there is no doubt ' that their Securities will be higher. Early in the day Russian Stock experienced a trilling ad vance, but receded to the former quotation. Austrian, Prussian, and Danish Bonds, were no minally the same ;- the holders are, however, looking with some little anxiety to the result of the negociations in Russia. There was no al. teratiou whatever in the Old Spanish Bonds, but the New were sold so low as 61, or 1 per cent, under the highest price of the week, but rose ?I per cent. before four o'clock. They have been so much rubbed and torn by the unfortu nate holders, that many of them are nearly ille gible. The condition of the Old Bonds is equally deplorable. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. QUEEN SQUARE. I4IY1)( WITH 11.Ei.aT ()rte....1 - Among the miseries of human life may be classed the following case, displaying the misery of residing with one's relations. An afflicted man, named John Arinstead, came before the Sitting Magistrates at this office, to complain of the mat-treatment he had experienced from his eon-in-law, Mr. Thomas Cooper. On Sunday the 19th, coin. plainant was in Cooper's garden, Who Is an eminent sort of bird fancier at Knightsbridge, when the defendant thought proper to quarrel with the complainant about digging ; first as. misted in tying up his hands and feet, anti afterwards kicked him till he was nearly left for dead upon the ground. Capener, of No. 24, hi Kinnerton-street, Knights bridge, three doors from Cooper's, deposed that, hearing a cry of murder, he looked out over the wall, when he saw Moistest( with his legs tied with a line in the garden, which Mrs. Cooper cut down for the purpose. At this juncture he was nearly black in the face ; and witness did not think that he could have sur vived had not some one released him, which, fortunately, was accomplished by the oa lnan w i lt o n fr e . os I ttz t l ei h it iit iu u n nc w i t, e s , a wi t i t o eal s e ll r e C h e i 6 b d i e r d ds il ganecluirtgwtahsetVenComplainant's business, as the witness heard, to look after the aviary. Mt's. Sarah Campton saw Armstead while tied fast in Cooper's garden, from her back window, when the complainant was cry. mg out murder for .upwards of an hour, to the terror of witness avid also of a lady who lodged with her. Lydia Johnson, Who resides next door to Cooper's, deposed to seeing Armitead tied fast, and then kicked while lying in tits defendant's garden. Mr. Cooper, in his defence, said that Armatead was unfiniu nately the father of his wife. Several times he had dismissed him, but Mrs. Cooper cried him back again. Ile had assault_ t ed the defendant on the morning in question; so early as ni ne o'clock, then went away, but returned at dinner time. AM. stead then struck and even bit the defendant, ~ who, t o more mischief, had tied him up ; but his busy neighbours let him loose. Thomas Schofield, an inmate of Cooper' s, spoke to Arm. stead's being drunk, and refusing to come down stairs to din ner, or give up the keys, and to his striking Mr. Cooper. Arm stead denied that he was intoxicated. tieoree Yates, serVant to Cooper, said that Atmstead was drunk that morning,, at eight o'clock ; that besides, he struck Cooper first, when witness helped to tie him by his hands and le s. Mr. OnEnctnitt.- - --I do not believe for a moment that Arm* stead was drunk. If you take your father-in-1m for charity's sake, Cooper, it is what all the world will applaud you for ; but you are not, on that account, at liberty to tie up his hands and legs, and leave him in your garden . for dead. Id o no t think that any thi ng can justify your conduct to this man ; and, therefore, yon m us t fi n d bail towards him. Cooper—Find bail I For what ? Mr. tin HoontE—For a violent and brutal assault on your father.ln.law, Sir. Several of Cooper's neighbours were present at the examina tion. IVOR EL SHIP-STR . SINIHTLAR CASE OF SHEEP S•ruALnkra.—On. Saturday Thontos Gioney and John Smith were tinnily Quinine(' before l'gr. Osumi-- • " ,beep steeling, under itNt, an wcharge ors ier most extra. ordinkry circutnstunceB. _ .. . rhey were brought to the 4)tlice on Wedoeitday in the custody rise to a few trOnsactions, (►vv . ' g op mreutl - t the very low rate to ~ t lii :Ai 1 ;hey li i nVt , fallen, ° ti r la n t c° 4 ' l l :t nt lib t it o ta f t ,B l t ;a blary's, slington, ranted Brown, who suited - st lox that toornmg the prisoner' Smith . . a b rid .. qu . rney corni ng up i nur e la y a erwa N with ano th e r itt titer limit tiny i : littilite in the Stale a *Mill at all Omitted him in tho Itower-rood, Islington, earn/111g a b 41tet , ti` tel rt • r t r ft. ' BLit: L I:not:al irons Es likely to jive ti ' aSitti, ms, suspicions were excited, and he stopped }ilia to ask 1nt4.41. direct armonta tlio account. Nu transfers what the baskets conteined. Uttritey' said it *as o '. wet, which the I.s'th ittst,, the Koweror closed at 78 for • he was carrying to a salesman named Salter, at Newgate.market. Brown then took him to the watch•house, and, found that the basket contained the forequarters of a sheep, a hatchet, knife, &c., and in the prisoner's pockets were the half a sheep's head i and the liver. The constable having secured Gurney in the watch-house v then went in pursuit of Smith, and his basket was found to contain the hind quarters of the sheep, and his pockets the sheep's lights. Being asked where he was going to Curry his load to, he said he did not know. At their first - examination, Gurney said that Mr. Salter, a salesman, met him at a very early hour, and asked him to carry the meat tit Newgate.market, appointing to meet him', there at eight o'clock. Shortly after that examination, it was ascertained that on Tuesday night, or Wednesday morning, two sheep had been stolen from a field at Holloway, belonging to Mr. Coleman, a salesman ; and that the robbers, having killed them on the spot, had skinned and carried off the carcases, leaving the skins behind. Mr. Coleman and a man in his employ were 'in attendance on Saturday, and identified the skins, which were produced. The sheep s carcase, tbund in the prisoner's possession, being fitted into one of the skins, corresponded precisely in every part. Mr. Coleman's man deposed that he saw the sheep safe in the field at six o'clock on Tuesday evening. The following morn ing, at eight o'clock, he missed-them, and about an hour after wards he discovered the skins in a ditch where the robbers had thrown them. _ _ _ The prisoners were fully committed for trial. HonSE STEALINO.—Joseph Ludlow, alias Taylor, who has been several times examined on charges of horse-stealing, was re-examined on Saturday, on suspicion of having been con cerned In stealing four horses from Air. Batten, of Brickwall, Hertfordshire,in March 1112.5,a robbery for which a man named Harpur was executed at the same time as Probert. The pri soner is supposed to have been with Harpur at the commission of the robbery. He was remaned for further examination on Friday next. Three men, named Doughty, Purdy, and Walker, were fully committed for trial, for a robbery committed on Saturday ' se'nnlght in the most daring manner. It appeared that, at eleven o'clock that forenoon, the waggon of Alessrs. lictoth and Co., the distillers, while standing at the door of a public house in Old -street, St. Luke's, was beset by four fellows, one of whom entered it, and deliberately placed a 10 gallon cask of gin on the head of his companion Doughty, who was prepared with a knot to receive it. A person who saw the transaction gave the alarm, when Doughty and Purdy were taken. The other prisoner was afterwards apprehended and identified as one of the gang. COUNTRY MARKETS DURING TRUE: LAST WEER, Wheat 1Bar10) oth. !Beans.' 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NO.POIIII The appointment of 11 Couo►►fission to inquire mto the practice of the Court of Chancery had become necessary on account of defects and ithusei which the lapse of time could hardly fail to produce in the ollices and forms of a tribunal exercising functions the Most complicated, diver sif►ed, arduous and important, and still ►nore oft account of the eXaggerations whic a h prejudice, faction and spleen had long combined to heap upon this . subject. The accumulated evil of all the defects and abuses together which have been found, after a most diligent and scrupulous inves Ligation►, to exist in the Court of Chancery, was indeed trivial in comparison with that, wl►ich faction sought so industriously to ,pro dike by impairing the confidence of the people ►n th►s the most exalted of our national tribunals, and by propagating the notion that the whole frame of our Government was so corrupt as to 'have tolerated the existence of defects and abuses of such magnitude as comma red this portant and beneficent institution into a positive public nuisance. To suggest sue d ► alterations in the fortks of proceeding, as ►i►ight remedy what ever was really defective or injudicious in the practice of the Court, was the direct and °Sten. sit& duty of the Cotrintissieners, but it was Porto-' t►ately impossible for them to discharge this duty without pursuing such process of previous in vestigation as in its results to vindicate the chit racier of the Court and of its distinguised Chief, from the aspersions which ignorance, faction, and malice, had so u►►remittingly cast upon both. [MORNING CIIIIONICLE.] However unsatisfactory the appointmeut of a Master in Chancery purely on the ground of po. !ideal interest may be to the professien, ,advantage is likely to accrue fromwthe nomination of Sir Giffin Wilson. The Vice-Chancellorship of Luncaster is vacant; for it is quite impossible, after the publication of the Chancery Report, that either Sir Giffin, or any other Muster, can held a second office for a single day, their whole time belonging to the public. There is,. there.. fore, now an opportunity of rendering the office of Vice-Chancellor of Lancaster an effecfive aid to the higher Courts of Equity ; if some' gentleninn werea'ppointed,Wheseknown tule,nts and acquaint ance with the principles of Chancery practice would give confidence to the suitors, in the sound ness of Imbi judgment (which has certainly not been the case for some years) there can be no doubt but that a very large portion of the equitable business of that important and highly populous' province, would be disposed of within time Duchy, and that, too, at a comparatively trifling experice. Indeed, we see no good reason why the whole North of England should not have the benefit of this jurisdiction, nor why, the Chancellorship of time I)uchy should not be made an efficient judi cial office, instead of a political sinecure. 'We Went, above all things, well constituted Provin dal Courts, and the example of nn efficient Pro vfnciel Court of Equity would be of intinute ad vantage, ns It would-show the way to the must desirable improvements—local jurisdictions. NIUE TIMM. The transactions in the funds on Smittirday were entirely without interest or importaucp. The members of the Stock Exchange who at. tended business, were chiefly occupied with the election of their committee, which takes place annually on that day, and all of whom were reappointed. An oppoiltion was made to the election of one gentleman, who ,had given some displeasure to the members of the Stock Exchange, by !lie manner of conducting some operations entered into a few weeks ago, but the votes in his faveur were nearly double those of the gen thnian brought forward to Oppose him. It was determined afterwards by the committee, that both (in this day (Monday) and to-morrow the Stock Exchange shall be closed ; and it is gene. rally expected that the business during the week will be on a limited scale, as roast of the jobbers have resolved on spending their Easter out of too. -The few transnctions which did take place on Saturday in the English and foreign se curities, chewed no :lintel - mai variation on the prices of Thursday, but for the mostpart pur chasers of any discrintien were not so readily to be found. Spanish I3onds, which have been wholly eegieCted of late. are beginning to give UNION-HALL. On Saturday two brothers, named Palmer, one of whom tle. cribed himself as ship-meter of the Corporation, were brought up, charged with assaulting one of the. toll collectors on Water. loo.bridge, and also with evading the toll. The complainant stated that, late on the preceding night, the: defendants came to the toll-bar on the Middlesex side of the bridge, each accompanied by a female. One of the defendants desired him to admit them through, and he would pay for the party. Having complied with the request, instead of paying the toll (4d.) the ladies and gentlemen walked forward, and when witness followed the person who passed his word for theothers,and demanded the toll, the latter said that he would only pay for him self'. Complainant, however, was proceeding to insist upon pay. ment of the toll, when both defendants ran away across the bridge, in the direction of the Waterkiii-road. He pursued them with all the speed he could, but the ahipsmeter and his brother outstripped him the length of the bridge, both of them having jumped over the toll-bar on the other si de, instead of passing through the footway. He still continued the pursuit, and at length came up with one of the defendants, whom he again solicited to pay the fliurpence, and while detaining him by the collar, the other brother came up and knocked him down. While in that state they both beat him in a shameful manner. nitwits, however, rescued from further violence by a watchman, who took the defendants into custody. The defendants, on being called on to state the reason of their endeavouring to evade the toll (which offence subjected each of them to a penalty of 100, besides beating the toll-collector for demanding , that which he was entitled to, admitted that they were both inebriated at the time, anti the ship-meter hoped the present hobble he had got himself would not. militate against him. The nagistrate recommended the defendants to withdraw and make their peace with the toll-callector. The suggestion was agreed to by both parties; and they with drew for that purpose. A master paviour, named liven, was charged with violently assaulting a watchman with an iron bar. The complainant produced the weapon with which he was struck, and said, that had the blow taken effixt, he would not be there to tell his story that day. From his statement it appeared, that Ryan and. his wife were in the. habit of quarrelling very frequently, to the great annoyance of the neighboura, who were often kept awake whole nights in con sequence of the shouts of " murder" proceeding from their residence. On the night In question the defendant-and his wife were kicking up a tremendous row, so much so that many of the inhabitants thought murder must ensue, and entreated him (the watchman) to enter the house and prevent the conse- Rq uences. Ha accordingly got in, and having proceeded to Ryan's room, found that person and his wife, both half naked, flinging the crockery ware at each other's heads. Scarcely a whole article appeared in the room. On his appearance a ces sation of hostilities took place, which however was of short du. ration ; for Ryan, still determined on giving his mistress " a good leathering," and being prevented from carryin g it i nto effect by the interference of the watchman, vented hi s rage on the latter, and fur this purpose seized a long piece of i ron b ar , a wh t i i c ifel hoswloaericedehduai by watchman's a sn head, o s k c e c r o with which he aimed a dep era t e blow who fortunately ward e d i t o ff. Thi s was at the blow, struck the complain ant on the shoulder with great force. Ryan was ultimately lodged in the watch-house. In his defence, Ryan, who is an Hibernian, pl e ad e d, that the watchman hi.ti no rig htl to interfere between man and wife, for they always settled their quarrels without the interference of a mediator. His wife, lie acknowledged, was particularly fond of calling out the word " Murder !" whenever he lifted his fist against her; " but then (said he), your when all the neighbours, as well as the watchman, know the poor woman's little failings, why don't they let us alone to Nettle our own disputes, without shoving in their oars." The Magistrate—But you have assaulted the watchman, and might have killed him, had the blows you intended for him taken effbct. Ryan--Bless your soul, Sir, it would only have cracked ins crown a bit. I .104eW he had a thick skull, and that it would have taken a hard knock to make any impression on it. He forgot to tell you, Sir, that he cudgelled me before 1 attempted to trive him a Leper. The complainant did not deny that he had used his stick over Ryan's head and shoulders; but not until he had been struck with the, bar. Ryan—Please your Worship, I see the watchman has got the l a a r w gu o f n y y h a i n ssi m de o t re h . b e question ,u l e e andsti and therefore it is no us e fo r me t o my wife must stand the batter, I suppose. The Magistrate—Your wife is not included in the charge, but I shall certainly ludd you to bail for committing ap assault upon the watchman. Ryan's wife here made her appearance, and, with loud sobs, bemoaned her husband's hard tate. She supplicated the Ma gistrates to forgive him this time, adding that it was out other power to procure bail. She was, however, unsuccessful in her application, Mid Ryan was committed. A most sitocxm and BRUTAL MURDER was committed at Preston, on the night of Saturday last, .on the person or ' John Shorrock, a poor labouring man residing at itadburn, near Morley. The deceased, who was *orking in Preston, left a public house there about ten o'clock on .Saturday night, in company with Peter Thorp, a weaver, a New Preston„ with the intention of proceeding home, and it seems that, when passing down Stanippstreet, something occurred to occasion a quarrel between them, when Thorp struck the deceased a dread. ful blow an the temple, which brought him to the ground ; and, not content with this, he gave him with several r a n l w s o e n v i e a i s. ap t O w t i t i e h d e 1; 0 1 g be remonst r ated present,he said that if he had not killed hint already, he would do so, and thereupon gave the poor man another most violent kick in the botwettal sp a rk ' .t s V p l a len he was taken up fronkthegirnoquuteuslt was held upon , h I s e Oli and the Moidai an Jury returned a verdict of C 6 Wilful Murder" against Thorp, who has not been heard of since he committed the dreadful d ee d. The poor man has left a wife and four sma ll children to deplore his loss.—(Stockport .Iduertiscr,) Per Qu.►rter. Ainwick Andover • Arundel A,shbifene Aylesbury Banbury Basingstoke Balls Bland ford Bridgewater Bridport Bristol • Bury St. Edmund's Cambridge Canterbury Carlisle Chard Chelmsford Chesterfield Colchester Daventry Derby Devizes Doncaster Dorchester• Exeter • .. • • Eye Gloucester Guildford Henley Hexham .. .. . ... Horncastle • Hull Hitngcrfurd Huntingdon Ipswich....... ..... Leeds • . Lewes Leicester Lincoln Loughborough ..... Louth Lynn.. Maidstone Market Harborut►gh • • • Morpet h Newbury Newcastle Newport (Isle Ot Wight) Northampton Nottingham Norwich Plymout h Reading ..-.. Romsey Salisbury - Sandwich Sheffield Shepton Mallet Sherbot tic Stamford Sunderland Swansea Taunton Truro Uppingbam Uxbridge Wakefield Wantage Warminster Winchester Wisbecb Yarmouth Yeovil Yo► k Pe► Bushel. Birmingham Bodmin Buckingham Cheltenham Coventry Hereford... Newcastle (Staff.) Northallertun oxford Penrith Penzance Shrewsbury Stafford Warwick Worcester Per 8011. Barnardcastle Darlington Durham. Stanhope StocktUtt %Volsingliam @.. 15u - 62 66 Pity 64 56 52 63 1 ' Z+4 58 68 o 4 64 60 64 sol s.® s 30 31 34 87 34 3t 30 31, 30 35 30 35 3i 36 134 40 10 88 21 I+ 30 34 ~t 1 41 .30 3fi 35 33 .11 38 '39 33 it 34 30 35 24 3 24 d 2 23 31 20 26 25 46 ve 0 13 . -- !S. 32 S 2 (iv, tiS 56 obi, SO SP 14 6( 1/1 6: 54 ,6. 114, Sol 28 391 28 39 24 Sd 3C 40] TT 351 :0 ai /8 3CI /5 3' 18 93 20 44 ?.1 41 , 21 45 23 4 1,) 24 36, 20 4: 56 6 61 6 he 6 ;0 (3 la. a, Ist; 0 :5 3:1 .10 311 2t4 42 41 17 3; 28 3, 16 7 50 6 10 6' 20 20 21 251 16 4t. 31) 44 1 40 44' 34 4 , 40 4( 40 54 !.).t 64 24 3i -28 3' ja 4 19 2 5 23 3 11 20 27 23 .29 4 b 34 Sti 44 64 41 4r 6 5 7 - (i 7 f* it; 44 ig 4$ 5 61 1 5 6, 7 5 6 10 11 10 II 9 10 ••••• 14 47 +1 54 1 ..,.. ...... 7 ... - 7 --- 8 9 I ..... I ..... ,--- I-_ . 1.-- ..... 1.... ..... I,- -- Ir- ~- .7 •-• I- ........ s 1! I! vogg. •••••• Llveitroot. enaN exettaNau. Since last Tuesday we have received a fair supply of, every description of Con:, as well as of other articles :n the trade. The demand throughout the week was regular; and, at this day's market, there being a good Attendance of dealers, anxious to replenish their exhausted stocks of Wheat, it advanced tid. to Rd. per bushel, for good samples. - Oatzi were not so ready of sale, but Id. per 45lbs. above our last quotations was paid for them. Barley is .plentiful, as well as 211 alt ; both are sale able without alteration in price. Beans are held at Is. per qr. advance, and Flour is 2s. per sack, and Oatmeal 114. to i s. (Cr peck clearer. There has been no movement in either bonded Grain or Flour : a few hundred barrels of the latter has been exported during the week. W teat, English*, Ohl .... I t Ds 64 a los 04 per 70Th'. New 9s 64 a l.)s ad Ditto souni Gls 04 a Os 04 Scotch, New Canada (free) Si tid a 9s Od Foreign (free) Irish, Old New Bs 10d a '9s Od Harley, English, Old New ss ad a 5s 6d Fin eign (free) Irish, Old New as thi a 41 94 Scotcb,ol:l Os 04 a Os Oil New Oats, Potato, Old Os Gd a Os Od per 451 b$. New o t Limerick, , oo 0111, New as 44 A as sOs 'l4 a Os Od New ..., a s ad a as 4t r Wrist,, Foreign (fire) O5 Od a Os 04 Malt, • Fine...—. . - Ditto, middling es 94 a 7s Od Yleans, Old New ___ Superfine Flour, (Thi - - —.5 Od 'a —.41 Oil per 2801bs. New 5Ol Od a 1525 Od Oatmeal, Old —l ad a —I( Chi per 9401b5. ' New Antreican Flour, sweet, (i n hood) 23s ad a.24s ad per barrel of 1961h5. !wt.—S our , ( oot o f b ond ) , 30s a 31s. ' Import of Grain f or th e W ee k en di ng M arc h 20. Wheat. Wiley. I Ra Oats. I Flour, 1 Sacks Irish, 1100.701 h lush.6olb Iltusli. , tsll) For. Brls per 200 1 h 47,1C0 49,060 ,170 I 10 0 ki,580 Pact . * ut 0; :13i - it:id, .I,er 401111.. 791. SOUTIIIMPTON.—The iirSt SOOW Which 11$ heoo sgeo here this winter, was on Thersday morning and night last, when a considerable quantity fell. Very extensive works are .now currying on, at the mouth of Arundel tiver„ extending from the piers of Littlehamptoti, 000 feet into the sea, for the purpose of creating a greater depth of water in the harbour. On the 24th instant, at Clapham-coalman, M .1. Ir. Sln ars, of a a n. DIED. On the `2oth of February last, itt Hurtle. in the 23t1 year of his age, c) n E t t h i w e a 2 r o ti t r e k t et: t a t ; I I :ct n . s , g o a f t the city o .i tntehaueyl:oll2told.i. year ther jot or yhsi: Oo the 22d inst., Alr. ili tan t lin widow) of may. n wharf, Savoy, Strand, cont-mercinint, in his 49th year. On the 20th inst., Mr. Willatot Ginivan, of Oxford-street. Navy, brother to 31r. John 'Way, of Mark-lane. Suddenly on the 2lst inst., at Livervool, lienjatnin linxton, ct E g s e q . ., late of Tothill.street, Wesuulnster, Pri4ttfd sod Published foi the PlitaPitiETtiiiti, at the 81 . 1 % . orriuv, No. 112, s trand, by J. B. CAusTAIRS.